KR's and others I'm building a different airplane and have just worked with Westberg Mfg and the owner Pete Cornelius. What a great experience! Very helpful and good pricing... Tho' I got some of the original Westach gear from Aircraft Spruce & Spec... I enjoyed the service from Pete... #707 936 2121 Joe. E. Wallace jwallacep51 at gmail.com
On Jul 20, 2013, at 8:10 PM, brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com wrote: > That is what I was thinking. There are several companies I know of that sell > the Westach and just put their label on it. I have used the Westach several > times and Have always had very good results with it. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: KR> capacitance fuel level sender? > From: "Jeff Scott" <jscott.planes at gmx.com> > Date: Fri, July 19, 2013 5:48 pm > To: "KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> > > It looks like the same thing as the Westach capacitance probe which is what > I've got in my KR. It has 5 holes for 3/16 screws and should come with a > square mounting plate and gasket. You bond the aluminum plate to the side of > the fuel tank where you want to mount the probe. The probe goes through a > hole in the center of the plate and the base mounts to the flange using 5 > 3/16 screws or bolts. I had problems with them weeping under the mounting > gaskets off and on until I finally sealed the gaskets with some west epoxy. > If you have an aluminum tank, you could weld or rivet the aluminum mounting > flange to the tank. The picture at > <http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/westachSender.php> shows the > mounting flange (even though that particular unit is the older 12V version of > the probe). > > -Jeff Scott > Los Alamos, NM > <http://jeffsplanes.com> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Mark Langford > > Sent: 07/19/13 06:12 PM > > To: KRnet > > Subject: KR> capacitance fuel level sender? > > > > KRNetHeads, > > > > I've finally finished up front-hinging the canopy (I'll work up a web page > > over the weekend), and next on the list is adding a fuel level sender to > > N891JF. I have a VDO 226-007 resistive sender, but am considering a > > capacitance sensor as well. MGL sells one near the bottom of > > http://www.mglavionics.com/html/infinity.html described as "Capacitance > > Fuel Level Sender, Bendable, Cutable" . Is anybody familiar with this > > particular unit, and might know the thread size or other mounting details? > > I have a call in to MGL but have not heard back yet. I'm using an RDAC XF > > interface, and I think either of these two would work, but am checking my > > options. > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Mark Langford > > ML at N56ML.com > > website at http://www.N56ML.com > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > > options > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
